Psalm 6

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Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger^(A)
    or discipline me in your wrath.
²Have mercy on me,^(B) Lord, for I am faint;^(C)
    heal me,^(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.^(E)
³My soul is in deep anguish.^(F)
    How long,^(G) Lord, how long?

⁴Turn,^(H) Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.^(I)
⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?^(J)

⁶I am worn out^(K) from my groaning.^(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(M)
and drench my couch with tears.^(N)
⁷My eyes grow weak^(O) with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.

⁸Away from me,^(P) all you who do evil,^(Q)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;^(R)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;^(S)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.^(T)

Footnotes

Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term

Jeremiah 38:1-13

New International Version

Jeremiah Thrown Into a Cistern

38 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur^(A), Jehukal^[a]^(B) son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah heard what Jeremiah was telling all the people when he said, ²“This is what the Lord says: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague,^(C) but whoever goes over to the Babylonians^[b] will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.’^(D) ³And this is what the Lord says: ‘This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’”^(E)

⁴Then the officials^(F) said to the king, “This man should be put to death.^(G) He is discouraging^(H) the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”

⁵“He is in your hands,”^(I) King Zedekiah answered. “The king can do nothing^(J) to oppose you.”

⁶So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard.^(K) They lowered Jeremiah by ropes^(L) into the cistern; it had no water in it,^(M) only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.^(N)

⁷But Ebed-Melek,^(O) a Cushite,^[c] an official^[d]^(P) in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,^(Q) ⁸Ebed-Melek went out of the palace and said to him, ⁹“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern,^(R) where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread^(S) in the city.”

¹⁰Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

¹¹So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes^(T) to Jeremiah in the cistern. ¹²Ebed-Melek the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put these old rags and worn-out clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so, ¹³and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.^(U)

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 38:1 Hebrew Jukal, a variant of Jehukal
Jeremiah 38:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 18, 19 and 23
Jeremiah 38:7 Probably from the upper Nile region
Jeremiah 38:7 Or a eunuch

Matthew 10:5-23

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⁵These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.^(A) ⁶Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.^(B) ⁷As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven^(C) has come near.’ ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy,^[a] drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

⁹“Do not get any gold or silver or copper to take with you in your belts^(D)— ¹⁰no bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.^(E) ¹¹Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave. ¹²As you enter the home, give it your greeting.^(F) ¹³If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.^(G) ¹⁵Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah^(H) on the day of judgment^(I) than for that town.^(J)

¹⁶“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves.^(K) Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.^(L) ¹⁷Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils^(M) and be flogged in the synagogues.^(N) ¹⁸On my account you will be brought before governors and kings^(O) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.^(P) At that time you will be given what to say, ²⁰for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father^(Q) speaking through you.

²¹“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents^(R) and have them put to death.^(S) ²²You will be hated by everyone because of me,^(T) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.^(U) ²³When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.^(V)